The United States will wrap up their pool play this afternoon when they take on Argentina (3-1) at 5:15 p.m. EST.
The U.S. remains undefeated with a 4-0 pool record after most recently defeating Lithuania 99-94 in what was a very closely contested game.
Though they still pulled out a victory, members of the U.S. team agreed that the game against Lithuania woke them up. James Harden said the team may have gotten a bit overconfident after their overwhelming win against Nigeria, but are fully focused now.
"The big wins freaked people out. They probably thought every game was going to be like Tunisia or Nigeria," said Harden. "We knew that wasn't realistic. It was bound to happen, that we would let up a little coming off of that 83-point victory. Even when you're not trying to, it's hard not to be really confident. Obviously, we needed that [Lithuania] game to get us back on track. Argentina and the rest of these guys we are about to face are something special. And we have to be ready for whatever they throw at us."
Argentina will serve as the toughest test yet for Team USA. They are very experienced and feature some of the best international talent in these Olympics with Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and Carlos Delfino.
Ginobili, who is a tough cover for any team, is averaging 21.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, while Scola is the team's leading scorer with 22.5 points per game.
